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Interrater reliability of a modified Ashworth scale of muscle spasticity.

open access: yesPhysical Therapy, 1987
We undertook this investigation to determine the interrater reliability of manual tests of elbow flexor muscle spasticity graded on a modified Ashworth scale.
Richard W. Bohannon, M. B. Smith
semanticscholar   +1 more source

System Dynamic Behavior Modeling Based on Extended GO Methodology

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2018
The GO methodology, which is a success-oriented system analysis technique, is effective for evaluating the reliability of complex systems with multiple states and time-series. It is widely used in the domain of nuclear and ship industry.
Yi Ren   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Heuristic Hybrid Optimization Approach for Spare Parts and Maintenance Workers Under Partial Pooling

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2019
The joint planning of spare parts and maintenance workers in a multiple echelon inventory system with lateral and cross-echelon transshipment can reduce the total cost of the system.
Bowen Cui   +6 more
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The kappa statistic in reliability studies: use, interpretation, and sample size requirements.

open access: yesPhysical Therapy, 2005
PURPOSE This article examines and illustrates the use and interpretation of the kappa statistic in musculoskeletal research. SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS The reliability of clinicians' ratings is an important consideration in areas such as diagnosis and the ...
J. Sim, C. Wright
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Integral Formulation of Two-Parameter Fatigue Crack Growth Model

open access: yesAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
A two-parameter fatigue crack growth algorithm in integral form is proposed, which can describe the continuous crack growth process over the time period.
Jianguo Wu   +3 more
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Optimal Design of Accelerated Life Test Plan for Test Standard of a Manufacturer Making Multi-Series Products

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2019
To win fierce competition, a manufacturer would produce multi-series products to meet the diverse needs of customers. These products shall comply with the same test standard to estimate reliability before being launched into market.
Zixuan Pei, Yunxia Chen, Kunsong Lin
doaj   +1 more source

Belief Reliability Distribution Based on Maximum Entropy Principle

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2018
Belief reliability is a new reliability metric based on the uncertainty theory, which aims to measure system performance incorporating the influences from design margin, aleatory uncertainty, and epistemic uncertainty.
Tianpei Zu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of Hypertension Outcomes Based on Gain Sequence Forward Tabu Search Feature Selection and XGBoost

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2021
For patients with hypertension, serious complications, such as myocardial infarction, a common cause of heart failure, occurs in the late stage of hypertension. Hypertension outcomes can lead to complications, including death.
Wenbing Chang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability of the PEDro scale for rating quality of randomized controlled trials.

open access: yesPhysical Therapy, 2003
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is common practice in systematic reviews. However, the reliability of data obtained with most quality assessment scales has not been established.
C. Maher   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

RELIABILITY

open access: yesFundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, 2020
—This paper encompasses three contributions by industry professionals and university researchers. The contributions describe different trends in automotive products, including both manufacturing test and run-time reliability strategies.
F. Angione   +25 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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